Senate Vote 60 (2005)

Date: 2005-03-17   Congress: 109-1

Question: On the Amendment

Description: SCONRES18 — To ensure that any savings associated with legislation that provides the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the authority to participate in the negotiation of contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs to achieve the best possible prices for such drugs under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, that requires the Secretary to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of such drugs for each fallback prescription drug plan, and that requires the Secretary to participate in the negotiation for a contract for any such drug upon the request of a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan, is reserved for reducing expenditures under such part.

Result: Amendment Rejected   Yeas 49 / Nays 50 / Present None / Not voting None

Source: https://voteview.com/rollcall/RS1090060   fetched 2026-10-20

Write-ups: none